Improvement in machines for bundling wood



,dal effin WILLIAM L. WILLIAMS, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 111,796, dated February 14, 1871.

IMPROVEMENTKIN MACHINES FOR BUNDLING WOQD.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it 11m/ 1j concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. 'WILLrAMs,of the city and State of New York, have invented and made an Improvementin Machines for Bundling Kindling-Wood; andthe following is declared tobe a correct description ofthe same.

In machines for bundling kindling-wood heretofore constructed, it isusual to employ pressure by a strap or band to concentrate and compressthe bundle of kindling-wood, as shown in Letters Patent granted to meMay 8, 1860.

In other cases a ring has been used, and a swinging segment operated bya cam, as in the English releasing of the lever and moving it to thepoint of.

beginning relieves the bundle from pressure, so that my mechanismenables the operator to give a very powerful compression withcomparative ease, because the cam action lessens the motion, increasingthe power exerted to compress the bundle as the movelnent progresses.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a plan, and

Figure 2, a vertical section at the line :n x.

The bed a is sustained upon a frame or legs, b b, and above this bed aare the semicircular supports e for receiving the wood to be secured ina bundle.

Between these supports cthere is a groove or opening, d, in which thestring or wire is to be laid.

'lhe fence e isV secured by the flanges f and screws passing throughslots, so that the position of the fence can bc adjusted iu order thatthe string or wire may be. at or near the middle offs-he bundle, thesaid fence e forming a stop for the ends oi' the pieces ofkindling-wood. 4

Beneath the bed a is a cam-lever, y, on a fulcrum, h, and this cam-leveris moved by a bent lever or treadle, 7e, on the fulcrum fi, and thislever 7e carries a roller, l, that operates against the cam portion 2 ofthe lever g.

The rollerl is placed in a jaw in the level' k, and the par-t 2 of' thelever g' comes between the sides of that jaw.

The compressing-band m is made of hoop-iron, wire, or other material. Ihave shown one end as attached at I to the bed a, and the other end asconnected by a pin, 5, with mortised or jaw portion of the lever g, butboth ends of said band might be attached by this piu 5 to the lever g,if desired.

It is now to be understoodtbat the treadle le is to be pressed down bythe foot, and in so doing the roller l, acting against the cam surface 2of the lever g, exerts a powerful force to draw upon the band m andcompress the bundle of wood, and when the parts pass into the positionshown by dotted lines in iig. 2, the roller l, coming against the atsurface of g, will remain in that position and/hold the wood rml y, evenwhen the foot is removed from -thc treadlc, so that the operator is freeto employ both hands in tying the bundle. Y

The parts are relieved by raising the treadle le, and the jaws adjacentto the roller l, acting upon the projection 7 of the lever g, raisesthat end up, and distends the band to the size shown by full lines,thereby liberating the bundle of kindling-wood and allowing it to beremoved, and loose wood. packed into place for another bundle.

I remark that the band mbecomes a measure to determine the amount ofwood placed in to form a bundle, and I provide the holes 8 and 9 forvarying the effective length of the baud m., so as to regulate the sizeof the bundle.

A latch, t, operated by a spring may be employed to hold the treadle kup vin the normal uposition, the end of the latch passing into a hole inthe sector e',

f and a' hole or inclined groove at w maybe used to steady the treadlewhen depressed.

I claim as my invention- The treadle L and roller ll, acting against thecam surface 2 of the lever g, in combination with the band on andsupports o, the parts being constructed and arranged substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

Dated this 19th day of May, A. D. 1870.

W. L. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

GaAs. H. SMITH, Gao. T. PLNGKNEY.

